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Getting back into the swing of things for my rAge coverage, we’re looking at another three stands today that will be selling their wares to sexy, sexy NAGlings such as yourself, dear reader. Comptium, ComputersOnly and Archos all have stands this year and aim to offer you something different. Check this out!

Its only 8 days to go until South Africa’s biggest and baddest LAN happens at the Coca-Cola Dome in Northgate. This year there will be 2,580 gamers (girls and guys), aged between 4 and 60, setting up their PC’s for 3 days and 2 nights of non-stop gaming.

The NAG LAN @ rAge is not all play though; it does involve some very impressive technology to allow the gamers to keep that broad smile on for all 52 hours of gaming. To give you some insight into what the infrastructure is, we chatted with Erich Blaschczok, one of the co-owners of VC, who has managed and run the NAG LAN for the past nine years.

Sixteen years ago, a side-scrolling platform game called Toxic Bunny entered the gaming scene. It was 1996, and the sun was definitely setting on the golden era of platform games, but I remember playing and loving Toxic Bunny because of its offbeat humour and psychotic main character. It also made my parents uneasy, which for a kid in standard six (grade eight) was something to relish in. The best part about Toxic Bunny, however, was that it was South African.

What you need to bear in mind is that back then there was practically no gaming scene in South Africa. Hell, NAG didn’t even exist, so for there to have been a game made by South Africans was kind of a massive deal. The development team was Celestial Games and now, sixteen years after Toxic Bunny’s initial release, the team is back to release a completely revamped HD version.

Celestial Games will be at rAge 2012, and the best part is that Toxic Bunny HD will be launching at the show.

Hi there! Do you like participating in cool stuff and being world-renowned as an awesome human being? Of course you do, and you should totally read this! Ster Kinekor and Capcom will be playing host to an awesome missing persons wall at rAge this year, in celebration of the upcoming release of Resident Evil 6. You can be a part of it.

If this interests you, click past the jump for more info, and instructions on what you need to do.

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